Thanks for your comments. Yes, I try not to look at my portfolio everyday as it doesn't makes sense for a long term investor like me. I don't trade or do contra so it doesn't really matter to me at all.

My investment strategy had been based on the three criteria:1. Dividend yield (i.e income)2. Growth3. Value

In addition to the above, I also bought blue chip stocks just to track the index. But most of them are not in my top 30 holdings as my foucs is on the small to mid cap stocks.

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